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Higbee Beach Birding – September 30, 2022

Leaders (7:30am) group 1: Adehl Schwaderer, Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Barry Hershfeld

Leaders (7:45am) group 2: Karen Thompson, Jackie Parker, Keith Parker, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 60° F

Winds:  NW 15-28 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

7:30am Group

28 species

Species Count
Laughing Gull 8
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 12
Merlin 1
Blue Jay 13
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Carolina Wren 9
Gray Catbird 5
Brown Thrasher 4
Cedar Waxwing 80
Field Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 10
Eastern Towhee 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 1
Northern Cardinal 2

 

7:45am Group

32 species

Species Count
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Laughing Gull 20
Herring Gull 22
Great Black-backed Gull 14
Caspian Tern 1
Royal Tern 10
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Egret 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker 1
Merlin 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 10
Gray Catbird 14
Brown Thrasher 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
Veery 1
Cedar Waxwing 85
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Red-winged Blackbird 11
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 6

 

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